Everytimes install Dell server, it requires 2 cd :

one is DellOpenManage n another one is the OS itself..

So i will have to put in the OpenManage CD 1st cause drivers for the respective hardware must be installed prior to installation of the instrumentation. OpenManage will inspect all the drivers n hardware component first.. then only the server installation can begin.

My question is.. if i wan to integrate this 2 cd into 1 cd.. is it possible?

If i use nlite, can it be done? or i just nid to do some motification on the WINNT.sif and then copy the driver folder to the cd?

Have you considered burning to DVD? It would take care of space problem with cheap cost of DVD writer.

My question is.. if i wan to integrate this 2 cd into 1 cd.. is it possible?

If i use nlite, can it be done? or i just nid to do some motification on the WINNT.sif and then copy the driver folder to the cd?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Without SP1 and other HotFixes, you almost certainly can have both on the same CD. But because of SP1 and HotFixes, this is all I can I put on a CD. You may be able to fit more depend on what you choose.

Here's my W2k3 post installation

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off
cls
REM
REM Windows Post Installation.
REM 
:STARTOVER
REM Example, how to look for CDROM-drive. Must have a file called WIN51 in its root.
for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\WIN51IS.SP1 set CDROM=%%i:
echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM%
If %CDROM%=="" goto INSERTCD
goto done

:INSERTCD
@echo Please insert Windows Server 2003 with SP1 Unattended CD in the CD-ROM drive.
@echo Press CTRL + C and then Y to exit.
pause
goto STARTOVER


:DONE
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Standard Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Network Support Tools" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\support\tools\suptools.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\support\rktools\rktools.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\012 /VE /D "Windows Server Administrator Pack" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\012 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\support\ADMINPAK\AdminPak.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /VE /D "Dell Raid Array Manager" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\apps\DellOM\am\Setup\setup.exe /s /sms" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Dell Active Directory Snap-In" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\apps\DellOM\OMAdPlugin\OMAdPlugin.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Create DAConsole.MSC" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\apps\daconsole.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "TridiaVNC 1.5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\apps\TridiaVNC\Disk1\setup.exe /s /SMS" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Removing Installation files and Rebooting" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\apps\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

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